Lung hypoplasia with dilated cardiomyopathy : Coincidence or association?

Pulmonary hypoplasia or aplasia is part of the spectrum of malformations characterized by incomplete development of lung tissue. In more than 50% of these cases, coexisting cardiac, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and skeletal malformations are present, as well as the variations in bronchopulmonary...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of pediatrics 2007-03, Vol.74 (3), p.304-306
Hauptverfasser: MUKESH KUMAR GUPTA, SINGH, Meenu, MANOJ, Rohit, DEVIDAYAL
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Pulmonary hypoplasia or aplasia is part of the spectrum of malformations characterized by incomplete development of lung tissue. In more than 50% of these cases, coexisting cardiac, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and skeletal malformations are present, as well as the variations in bronchopulmonary vasculature. In literature there is no reported case describing lung hypoplasia with dilated cardiomyopathy without structural heart disease. Here, it is presented a 6-month girl, referred to us for persistent homogenous opacity in left hemithorax detected on chest X-ray. Subsequently, she was found to have dilated cardiomyopathy without structural congenital heart disease and congenital hypoplasia of left lung.
ISSN:0019-5456
0973-7693
DOI:10.1007/s12098-007-0052-8